After reading James Altucher’s book, Choose Yourself, I’ve been devouring his content (blog, podcast, books). He’s fascinating and focuses much of his content on how to be successful in the new economy. He’s a big proponent of starting a business, platform, or...

Earlier this year I discussed why you’re not ready to buy your own deals. Doing your own deals and growing a real estate firm is not only hard, it’s not for everyone. Most real estate professionals get into the business to be entrepreneurs. The entrepreneurial...

“Real estate professionals get into the business to be entrepreneurs.” That’s a phrase I use a lot on the blog. I’ve written posts about the entrepreneurial nature of the business, the challenges of starting a real estate investment firm, and how hard it is to start...

I recently turned 30 and have been working for Atlas for over 5 years now, which feels like a long time, but is nothing in the grand scheme of an entire career that could last 60+ years. We’re under contract on our 40th deal and at this point I have the core...

This is a re-post of a guest blog I did for Joanthan Twombly’s, The Mortar blog. I wanted to share it with you directly as I think there’s a lot of good food for thought in here for aspiring real estate entrepreneurs. If you haven’t read the Mortar,...

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This is my personal blog where I share tips on starting your real estate career, challenges of doing your first deal, and advice on passive real estate investing. For work, I run acquisitions for Atlas Real Estate Partners, a private investment firm based in NYC where I was the first hire.

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